Car-roof.



C. R. HOPE.

CAR ROOF.

APPL|1CATI0N FILED MAR. 31. 1915.

3m. Patented Aug. 7,1917.

W I 1 AN FllliiUE.

CLARENCE It. HOPE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CAR-ROOF.

Specification ofiLetters Patent.

' lPatented Aug. a, item.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE R. Horn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to outside metal car roofs, and more particularly, and principally, to the means for securin the roof sheets at the eaves and for finishing the eaves of the roof, including an improved form of seam clip; and consists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafter set forthan'd claimed.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood, there are shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practical efl'ect, without limiting the improvements, in their useful applications, to the-particular construction which, for the purpose of example, has been delineated.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the eaves portion of the car frame and roof, showing in elevation a part of the roofsheet seam, and a sideview of the improved seam clip.

Fig. 2 is an outward side elevation of the cli Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same on the line III-J11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an inside elevation of the same.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the side plate carrying the outer ends of car lines 2, the latter being formed withvertical webs 3 and bottom horizontal webs 4, so as to be angle bars in cross section. At each end of the carline the said webs are separated from each other,-the web .4 being bent to pass up along the inner side of the side plate and across its to and down along its outer side, as indicate by dotted lines. The web 3 is bent so as to extend longitudinally of the side plate and bear against its inner face. The said bent ortions of the carline are secured to the slde plate by bolts 5 and 6, and preferably also b the bolt 7 which secures the seam clip, ereinafter more particularly described.

On the lower flange'or web 4 of the carline is su ported a filler block 8 in the nature of a ra ter, which carries the top sheathing 9. The side sheathing is shown at 10, and the upper portion of the same is inclosed by the fascia 11, the latter being held in place by the bolts 7.

The roof sheets 12 are of known construction, the same being united alon their sides, transversely of the roof, by U- ends forming upstanding roof sheet seams 13. These seams terminate a little distance within the outer side of the fascia, and the main portions of the roof sheets have their eaves edges bent under to form hooks 1 1 which extend inward and parallel with the top of the fascia.

15 is an eaves strip of T-form in cross section, its lower vertical flange being secured between the fascia and the side sheathing by nails 16. From the top of said vertical flange the eaves strip extends inward over the side sheathing and is then bent upward and outward to form the hook flanges 17 which interlock betweefi the bodies of the roof sheets and their hook flanges 1 1; thus allowing ofa play of the roof sheets relative to the eaves strips without disengagement from the latter.

18 is an eaves flashing which incloses the upper part of the fascia by vertical and horizontal flanges, the latter flange extending inward under the hook flanges 14 of the roof sheets and into the bend of the eaves strip and beyond the inner ends of the hook flanges 14, and so as to overlie the joint between the fascia and the side sheathing. The flashing 18 is secured in place by the seam clips, and also by the na1ls'19 which pass through the latter.

The seam clips are shown at A, and com rise upright shank ortions 20 adapted to be secured to the si e of the car body or fascia, and hoods 21 which loosely inclose the roofsheet seams 13 so as to permit of any required play of the latter. The said clips also comprise inwardly extending fingers 22 which are located above the eaves portions of the roof sheets, at the sides of the roof sheet seams, so as to confine the eaves portions of the roof sheets from up ward movement while allowing of any horizontal-slipping of the same which may ocour.

The vertical shanks of the seam clips are bodily extended horizontally inward at23 so as to be ada ted to rest u on the top of the fascia, or o the eaves flas ing when the latter element is employed, and to sustain l the hood 21 and fingers 22 so that they shall not bear down forclbly on the seam orvbodies of the roof sheets. V

This construction of scam clip also can ries the hood inward toward the end of the roof sheet seam, so that the head is no longer than necessary for its proper enga ernent with the seam thereby saving a consi erable amount of metal in the construction of the clip. The clip is manufactured as a malleable casting.

In order to strengthen the strength of the clip by connecting the hood with that portion of the shank which is attached to the side of the car,-I form the'hood and shank with integral outwardly extending flanges 24 united with the hood, the horizontal part (of the shank and the lower attached portion of the shank.

The lower part of the shank is formed with a hole 25 to receive the bolt 7, and also with holes 26 formed in lateral wings 27 to receive nails 19 the latter being driven into the fascia or si e of the car.

The outer vertical part of the hood is formed with openings 29 arranged at the sides of the inset portion of the shank, for

the escape of water, cinders and dust. 30 indicates seats or recesses on the inner :faces of the shanks 20 to receive and hold the vertical flange of the eaves flashing 18.

a At the intervals, at the roof sheet seams where the horizontal portions of the roof sheets and their hook flanges 17 are absent, protection from rain is well afforded by the vertical parts of the shanks 20 which constitute the outer closing walls of the hoods 21, which vertical parts are, by the inward extensions 23 of the shanks, brought close" to the open ends of. the roof sheet seams.

What is claimed is:

A seam clip for car roofs comprising a vertical shank adapted to be attached to the side of a car, the upper part of said shank being extended inward to rest upon the car roof and thence extending u ward to form an end closure for the roof s eet seam, said closure extending laterally and being formed with a central hood member and with inwardly extending and roof sheet confining fingers at the lower sides of said hood, the closure portion being formed with drainage and dust escape openings in its lower edge and at the sides of the shank.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscrib- 

